Ahytherium
Ahytherium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | †Megalonychidae |
Genus: | †Ahytherium Cartelle et al., 2008 |
Species: | †A. aureum
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Binomial name | |
†Ahytherium aureum Cartelle et al., 2008
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Ahytherium is an extinct genus of megalonychid sloth found in Brazil.[1][2]
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Poço Azul
Poço Azul (Brazil)
Discovery and taxonomy[]
The almost-complete skeleton of Ahytherium alongside remains another extinct sloth species, Australonyx, were discovered in Poço Azul, an underwater cave in Chapada Diamantina National Park in 2005. It was described by Castor Cartelle of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. The bones, which had a length of about 3 feet (91 cm) when put together, belong to an animal which presumably was still growing.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Ahytherium in the Paleobiology Database". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b Cartelle, C.; De Iuliis, G.; Pujos, F. (2008). "A new species of Megalonychidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the quaternary of Poço Azul (Bahia, Brazil)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 7 (6): 335–346. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.006.
Categories:
- Prehistoric sloths
- Pleistocene xenarthrans
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Holocene extinctions
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Lujanian
- Pleistocene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Fossil taxa described in 2008
- Prehistoric mammal stubs